Selecting the best system design for a particular application is important. Often, a combination of techniques can dramatically reduce costs and improve the reliability of a system, or provide the design flexibility to cover a wide range of applications. There are three distinct configurations one can choose from when setting up solar based captive power plant:

Stand alone PV system

Grid-tied Captive Power Plant

Grid-Interactive Only (No Battery Backup)

Grid-Interactive With Battery Backup

Hybrid System

Each of these categories has a different connotation, and would need to be treated accordingly, for effectively bringing the surplus capacity into the utilities’ network.